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Dino Dana is a Canadian television series that was created and is directed by J. J. Johnson. Announced in October 2016, the series premiered on August 8th, 2014 on TVOKids in Canada, and premiered on Amazon Prime on May 26, 2017.

Coming after Dino Dan, and Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures , Dino Dana is the third Television series set in the Dino Dan Universe. There are some special guest episodes featuring Dan Henderson (Jason Spevack ) and Trek Henderson (Trek Buccino ).

Plot
Dana Jain is a feisty 10-year-old 'paleontologist in training' who (like Dan and Trek before her) eats, sleeps and breathes Dinos. So much that her Dad made her a special backpack that she can transform to look like any dinosaur she wants. Dana has a 12-year old sister Saara Jain, who she's always to get to 'play' dinosaurs. Saara is a little shyer than Dana and though she like Dinosaurs, she's definitely not as obsessed with them as her younger sister. Fortunately for Dana, after a chance encounter with Trek and his Dino Field Guide, Dana can now see dinosaurs too! What's more, when Dana transforms her backpack, the dinosaurs think she's one of them - allowing her to get closer to action than any of her predecessors. With 10 new dinosaurs, including for the first time 2 prehistoric mammals, Dino Dana continues the Emmy Award Winning tradition of imagining the awesomeness of the past into an adventure in the present.

Dana Jain
Played by Michela Luci, Dana is a 10 year old adventure seeking tom girl who drams about all things Jurassic. She's a lover of science and knowledge and finding new ways to annoy her older sister Saara. She's whip smart and therefore clever enough to know when she needs a helping hand or new piece of inlet. Dana is obsessed with dinosaurs because paleontologists haven't figure out everything about them yet; Dana's mission is to fill in the missing pieces. Through Dana has a magical ability to imagine dinosaurs into the real world, her power is the way she's able to ignite excitement in everyone around her!

Saara Jain
Played by Saara Chaudry, Saara is a 12 year old adventure shy girl who drams about all tings pop culture. She's a lover of music and dancing (in your room with no audience) and surviving annoying younger sisters. Saara's on the verge of being a teenager but still has one foot in the kid space, a foot that is being tightly held by her younger sister Dana. Saara and Dana are typical sisters: both loving and at war seeming at the same time.

Eva (Mom) Jain
Working and expecting, Mom (Played by Nicola Correia-Damude ) is always on the go. She's a tough, no-nonsense Veterinary Technician who's seen her share of hamster disasters. Practical to a fault, Mom sometimes overlooks the emotional side of a given situation opting instead for the comforting hand of science. Mom's knowledge of animal traits and habits often comes in handy when Dana's trying to figure out a particularly challenging Dino experiment.

Aman (Dad) Jain
When Dad (Played by Amish Pate l) was young he wanted to grow up to be a Dad. he got his wish, times 3. Dad is laid back, funny and artistic. He loves making crafts with his daughters, making crafts for the house or collecting things to make crafts with in the future. He's a nurse and is fascinated with how the human body works, a source of biological knowledge that proves invaluable to his Dino fixated step-daughter.

Gloria
Ava's mom, and Dana and Saara's grandmother, Gloria (Played by Maria Vacratsis ) isn't necessarily the easiest person get along with, Gloria is the matiriach of her family and likes to be in charge. Having retired up to her farm house outside of the city, Gloria likes to entertain her family from time to time and they try their best to keep her entertained and happy.

Ravi Jain
In typical older brother fashion, Ravi (Ali Hassan ) constantly teases his younger brother about not being fast enough, strong enough or a good enough chef. His tough one liners might be hard to swallow but Aman is always up to the challenge. Ravi might be tough on his brother but he adores his two nieces Dana and Saara and loves when the family comes together.

Roland Hendrickson (Mr. Hendrickson)
Widowed and content to spend his retirement days reminiscing about the past, 70 year old Roland Hendrickson (Bill Cobbs ) is thrust into the present by his next floor down neighbor, Dana. But don't buy for a second that he doesn't enjoy this 9 year old distraction, because beneath the jokes, the side eyes, the trying to hide, the pretending to be asleep... Mr. Hendrickson can't help but delight in the endless imagination of Dana.

Cai
Free spirit Cai (Loretta Yu ) floats from one University to the next in search of her next muse. She's studied art, criminology, anthropology and international studies. She's in a band, repeatedly re-colors her hair and has a fashion style that Roland would describe as 'unorthodox.' Cai is idolized by her upstairs kid neighbors Dana and Saara and tolerated by their mother.

Episodes
On October 6, 2016, on YouTube, short introductory Dino Dana clips were first published. Dino Dana premiered on May 26, 2017 on Amazon Prime in the US and UK. TVO Kids picked up the show in June 2017. In Australia Dino Dana screens on ABC Kids. .